Oscars! As expected nobody watched.

I'd rather them nominate the correct films and have low ratings than nominate less-worthy fare just to get more of an audience.

Besides, I think part of this can be blamed as aftermath to the writer's strike.

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I KNEW they should have nominated Spiderman 3, Pirates 3, Shrek 3, Norbert and Transformers. When will the Academy LEARN? I am sticking to the MTV Movie awards from now on.

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See how powerful we Nielsen families are? We didn't watch, but we never watch anything involving awards. Not because of the nominations themselves, but because the presentations are just so boring.

You know... maybe next year they'll go and pick movies that are actually good AND popular.

BOTH.

I'm tired of "cinematic caviar" being shoved up my nose by heady, out-of-touch critics and their "knowledgeable" regional critic's awards/lists... and being told I must LIKE this or that film.

When I don't, 9 times out of 10. Not even close.

The Academy and their prestige party are risking total alienation and the loss of any relevance being placed on their Golden Guy.

Wake up. It IS a popularity contest, every bit as much as artistic achievement. That's the deal!

Without it, you're playing to an audience of 4 passionate people, and you're ignoring HALF the reason this award was created in the first place.

End of rant.

Best picture nominees should have seriously considered:

Ratatouille
The Bourne Ultimatum
Hairspray

Movies that were HITS, in all ways.

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Best I'm with you man. I have stopped going to the "Prestige" films because I just don't care. I've sat through so much dreck- dull boring pretentious crap. I am a big Coen brothers fan and wanted to see their film but missed it- I'll see it for sure and I'm glad they won some awards- they've made great enteratining films.

It was rather mystifying to me to see Bourne Ultimatum get award after award after award- was it that good?

Updated On: 1/27/09 at 08:47 PM

The only movie I saw this past season was HAIRSPRAY, and it wasn't nominated for anything.

It just goes to show that even movies that are hits with the critics -- if they're comedies, or worse, bubblegum musical comedies, they are treated like they don't exist by the academy because they're not boring, err...serious, enough.

SNOOZE.

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"Why SHOULDN'T that be enough for a Best Picture nod, Priest? Sounds great to me."

I wouldn't have minded had it been nominated. But I felt there were five better films. I would have put it in over MICHAEL CLAYTON, though. But I would have put SWEENEY in there over both of them.

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Either spectacle is too expensive now or the producers are cheap.

When I was young I remember elaborate musical numbers, spontaneous bits and guest appearances that would have people on their feet.

All the fun has been sucked out, and most people don't want to see envelope, award, speech, envelope, award, speech etc etc...

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Updated On: 2/25/08 at 09:04 PM

I agree.

I was really shocked that Sweeney was snubbed BP nom though.


I think that in previous years - had 4 or 5 musicals come out in one year they would have done a montage of live performances.

Perhaps this was due to the writes strike , and had the producers time, something of higher entertainment value would have been produced.

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Updated On: 2/25/08 at 09:08 PM

I remember the year Jurassic Park came out, Elijah Wood presented an award for Special Effects, and a large animatronic TREX came in through the wings to hand the envelope to Elijah.

Moments like that, just don't happen anymore.

You are only as good as your last award show.

"The Oscars rocked last year, I cant wait to see this years..."

"The Oscars sucked last year, why bother..."

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Updated On: 2/25/08 at 09:11 PM

It really is a shame that well reviewed and well received popular movies aren't nominated in in the major categories. Hairspray, The Bourne Ultimatum, and Ratatouille all could have been major contenders. All 3 were among my favorite movies of 2007. I don't have a problem honoring art house films, but I see no reason why they can't mix it up.

I think if the Oscars continue to nominate only small art-house films, and ignore the public's opinion on films they're going to see their audience continue to shrink.

Perfect example: I asked my mother, a casual filmgoer yesterday morning if she was going to watch the Oscars.
Her response: "No, I've never heard of most of those movies, so I could really care less who wins what. "

And mateo, you said it: with all the montages they had, I'm very surprised there wasn't one featuring the musicals. This past year had 5 major movie musicals come out, which is really something. It's too bad they couldn't put together something to showcase them.

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Updated On: 2/25/08 at 10:06 PM